Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver download and installation

Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC is a Network Adapters hardware device. The Windows version of this driver was developed by Realtek Semiconductor Corp.. The hardware id of this driver is PCI/VEN_10EC&DEV_C821&SUBSYS_304D1A3B; this string has to match your hardware.

1. Install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver manually

1. Download the driver setup file for Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver from the location below. This download link is for the driver version 2024.0.10.136 dated 2022-01-21.
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3. Run the driver installation file from a Windows account with the highest privileges (rights). If your UAC (User Access Control) is running then you will have to accept of the driver and run the setup with administrative rights.
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5. Follow the driver setup wizard, which should be pretty straightforward. The driver setup wizard will analyze your PC for compatible devices and will install the driver.
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7. Restart your PC and enjoy the new driver, as you can see it was quite smple.
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This driver is digitally signed.
Size of this driver: 4108188 bytes (3.92 MB)
This driver was rated with an average of 4 stars by 48107 users.
This driver is fully compatible with the following versions of Windows:

• This driver works on Windows 10 32 bits
• This driver works on Windows 11 32 bits

2. How to use DriverMax to install Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver

The advantage of using DriverMax is that it will install the driver for you in the easiest possible way and it will keep each driver up to date, not just this one. How can you install a driver using DriverMax? Let's follow a few steps!

1. Open DriverMax and push on the yellow button that says ~SCAN FOR DRIVER UPDATES NOW~. Wait for DriverMax to analyze each driver on your PC.
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3. Take a look at the list of available driver updates. Scroll the list down until you find the Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Realtek 8821CE Wireless LAN 802.11ac PCI-E NIC driver. Click on Update.
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5. That's it, you installed your first driver!
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